Dealmaster: Penultimate 2012 Edition

Powerline networking and disk drives and laptops oh my!

Christmas may be over, dear Arsians, but here at Dealmaster Central, the savings never stop! We've still got an entire sack full of deals to unload before the New Year ticks over next week, and so while you're busily trying to get rid of all of those Christmas leftovers, take a gander at what our partners at LogicBuy have cooked up for you!

We kick off with a Cisco Powerline Networking kit for bringing data to those hard-to-reach areas of your house, but that's not all: there's also a good deal on a Crucial M4 SSD and even a Seagate Momentus hybrid drive, if you put your faith more in spinning disks than fancy SSDs. Whatever you want, we probably have—and if not, we'll have new deals on Monday!

D'oh, and I've been looking for deals on the Momentus XT. On the other hand, I was screwed by TigerDirect on a rebate for either a drive or enclosure several years again, so screw them.

Love to do a poll on how long it takes to actually get rebates, if you have to call and complain, and whether it arrives in the end. I'm guessing that a typical rebate is actually worth maybe two-thirds of what they claim they'll pay.

D'oh, and I've been looking for deals on the Momentus XT. On the other hand, I was screwed by TigerDirect on a rebate for either a drive or enclosure several years again, so screw them.

Love to do a poll on how long it takes to actually get rebates, if you have to call and complain, and whether it arrives in the end. I'm guessing that a typical rebate is actually worth maybe two-thirds of what they claim they'll pay.

In general, I don't even bother with non-instant rebates. For one thing, like most people, I think I've forgotten to follow up on as many as I've actually gotten.

Newegg often seems to take the rebate process on themselves; that is, I'll buy something that elsewhere has a MFG rebate, and Newegg just happens to have the same rebate instantly.

Lee Hutchinson / Lee is the Senior Reviews Editor at Ars and is responsible for the product news and reviews section. He also knows stuff about enterprise storage, security, and manned space flight. Lee is based in Houston, TX.